First off, I apologize to my friends and roleplay partners who've been left hanging. Any desire to cancel old threads is completely understandable.

I've been struggling with a serious health issue the past several months. There was a long period where things would seem to improve only to relapse, delaying things further. All that aside, just wanted to let people know I'm around again and to contact me via PM or Trillian - ironsoldier, if anyone wants to get things going again.

The blond beauty just walked into the locker room, duffel bag slung over her shoulder, her frame was covered in sweat, hair tied up into a long blond ponytail. Cecilia was dressed in a red tank-top and a pair of black lycra shorts, accompanied by a pair of red and black shoes training shoes. Cecilia dropped down the duffel bag onto one of the bench as she'd let out a deep sigh. The Swede had just come off of a long workout session and was just taking a breather before going off to take a shower and getting dressed. The workout had been long and consisted of a long time of running on a treadmill, many sets of curls, rowing and many other machines.

The time since Cecilia's return had put her in many fights, matches and even more people who had come at her then before. It was fun, but it also meant that the blond beauty had to keep herself in shape. While she would usually take her time to do her workouts in her own gym, there were times when she enjoyed coming to the AFW gym. She could talk and listen to the other wrestlers there, enjoy the gossip and news of all the other crazy things going on in this crazy place.

Cecilia soon opened up her duffel bag and pulled out one of her towels from it, starting to wipe her face off from a bit of the sweat as she'd soon seat herself down on the bench next to the duffel bag, where she throw the towel up over her shoulder and let out a loud sigh. " Ahhh, shit...I'm tired."

Haruna stormed her way into the locker room, dressed in a purple sports bra and black spandex shorts and sneakers, with a sweat laden towel wrapped around her fist. Slamming her locker open and throwing the towel inside, she dropped her rear end down on the nearby bench to take some time to catch her breath.

Today she had trained a bit more intensely than usual, particularly on the various weight machines. Considering her sloppy impromptu match against Akashi, as well as that shitshow spectacle she was dragged into by her so-called leader Kelly a few days after, Haruna's frustration was at an all time high. She had gotten so caught up in working out all her anger, the purple-haired diva hadn't even bothered to check out which other fighters were at the gym, let alone subtly gather any information on them like she would normally do. In fact, she hadn't even noticed the presence of the large, blonde woman also currently occupying the locker room as well.

"That fucking blonde bitch..." Haruna snarled under her breath, as she seriously began to second-guess her plans to overthrow Kelly. That moron and her coalition were such a mess that they were liable to end up dragging Haruna down with them.

Soon enough Cecilia got to hear someone who stormed into the locker room, slamming some locker door open. It was pretty clear that someone was angry, and Cecilia had to at least look up from and try and figure out what was going on. Which seemed to be a purple girl who looked to be pretty damn frustrated. Cecilia tried and just not pay her any mind now as she decided to take out her water bottle form her bag and take a good long sip.

That was when she heard the blond girl let out those words, Cecilia would perk up and slam her water bottle down against the bench beside her. " Excuse me ?!" Cecilia'd ask as she heard this fellow locker room occupant let out those words for her, seemingly thinking that they were for her and not someone else the blond would move up towards her feet and look on over at the purple haired girl. Red eyes fixed upon the girl dressed in purple and black.

Haruna was visibly startled as she heard the loud sound of the water bottle echo throughout the room, followed by the sudden outburst of a large blonde woman nearby. Recollecting her senses quickly, the purple-haired diva instantly recognized her as Cecilia Northman, a very well-known name in the AFW and one of the high-priority targets she had marked down on her list.

Unable to even remotely associate the intimidating woman to the complete moron Kelly, Haruna did have to take a moment to figure out what had even set Cecilia off. Goading a woman rather infamous for her brutality and violence would no doubt be troublesome, but right now Haruna was so pissed off, she didn't even care, standing back up and scowling at the ill-tempered blonde, "I wasn't talking about you, you idiot gorilla!"

Cecilia cringed a bit as she got that scowl from the purple haired girl, someone who she hadn't seen before and couldn't really say she knew who it was. Regardless though she was soon enough snapped out and insulted by the purple haired girl as she seemed to have gotten quite ill-tempered herself. Cecilia's eye twitched a little as she'd start to move up towards her feet, glaring at the other girl with a fierce scowl.

" It looks like you are talking to me now though. So how about you apologize before you end up getting hurt. " Cecilia let out as she'd move her hands up in front of herself, starting to crack her knuckles on her right fist, clearly not willing to let an insult from someone she didn't even know who it was slide.

"Apologize!? It was your mistake in the first place, you oaf!" Haruna growled back defiantly, looking up at the taller woman with fierce defiance. In her current condition, picking a fight was probably a poor decision, however the arrogant diva's pride would never let her back down against such pitiful threats.

Of course, they were just in a locker room. No official rules or anything to stop her from resorting to whatever tactics she deemed necessary. A straight-up battle of strength would be foolish, so some of her underhanded tricks she rather enjoyed using would come in handy here. Eyes narrowing, Haruna brought her hands up as if she were accepting the challenge to fight, but it was only a minor feint as she snapped her leg swiftly forward and up, aiming to catch Cecilia with a preemptive low blow!

Oh...this bitch was starting to get on Cecilia's nerves. The blond found herself grinding her teeth a bit, who the hell did this random little diva think that she was talking to ? Cecilia felt as if it wasn't only her duty but her absolute pleasure to teach her a lesson and it was only getting easier by the minute to start a fight with her.

When she saw the purple haired girl's arms raise up, looking as if she was ready to throw down, the blond beauty was about to send out a strong right fist aimed right at Haruna's face. However! Before she could even attempt to do so, the leg of the shorter purple haired girl shot up and smacked right up against Cecilia crotch. " Agh!" Cecilia cried out as her hands quickly went down to shield her aching area, eyes glaring in pain and pure rage at Haruna as the blond was left quite open from the sudden lowblow.

A wicked smirk crossed Haruna's face as her cheap shot landed, stunning the much larger Cecilia. That muscle-headed oaf surely didn't see that one coming. Not even wasting the time to gloat, she grabbed the other woman by her long, blonde hair with both hands, attempting to swiftly slam her skull against the nearby lockers.

Cecilia groaned out in pain as she had just taken that viscious cheap shot from Haruna, and before she could fight back the purple haired girl grabbed a hold of those long blond locks of her before she pulled and rammed Cecilia head first into the locker door, causing it to dent and the blond beauty to slump down onto her knees. " Nnngh...." The Swede groaned out in pain and frustration as her hands went up to the lockers beside the one she had just impacted with, nails scratching against the metal as she start to try and pull herself out form the locker door a bit and rub her head with one of her hands.

With Cecilia down on her knees before her, Haruna felt greatly empowered. This so-called Queen was nothing before her. Just another bug for her to stomp on on her way to the top. An example to those that might try and stand in her way.

Taking a step back, Haruna fell into a wide stance, positioning herself for her follow-up strike. As soon as she saw Cecilia's head rose to a certain point, the purple-haired shinobi girl would unleash a vicious roundhouse kick, intending to slam the blonde's skull against the lockers a second time.